Salmo, ask and you shall receive. Reason for a down river fishery rather than mid to upper river; ( One of my pet peeves actually ) Too many people targeting Chums while on their redds, on the upper river especially!! And I mean blatant targeting of spawning fish, especially in the area just below Swift Creek. Should be a law against knowingly doing this, but then again with lack of any visible enforcement up here, would it really matter. (sorry, this is a touchy subject with me)

Trying to find my fishing logs here for 2001 & 2000, but cant at the current moment, can give you numbers of fish caught, redds seen, & days I was hired to do redd surveys, along with water conditions, temps, ect. going back 5 years or so, if yer ever interested in seeing them. E-mail me if you are

Still, this is one of the healthiest runs on the Skagit. No reason for such a closure.